The Shaw Group, Inc.’s Environmental & Infrastructure (E&I) segment, at May 31, 2009, had US$4.9 million of environmental liabilities recorded in other liabilities in the balance sheets as compared to US$5.7 million at Aug. 31, 2008.
LandBank, a subsidiary of the…
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. and other signatories of an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC), on April 23, 2009, filed an environmental case styled Arkema Inc. et al v. A & C Foundry Products, Inc.et al (Case #3:09-cv-453-PK).
The case was styled…
Alcoa Inc.’s remediation reserve balance was US$312 million at March 31, 2009, compared with US$$316 million at Dec. 31, 2008.
About US$39 million was classified as a current liability as of both March 31, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2008.
In the first…
SouthWest Water Company is in negotiations with the California State Water Resources Control Board Office of Enforcement to negotiate a US$1.25 million penalty over alleged violations at wastewater treatment facilities operated by a Company unit.
The Company received a letter dated…
Sterlite Industries (India) Limited is still disputing alleged violations of the Forest (Conservation) Act regarding a refinery in Lanjigarh, India, and related mining operations in Niyamgiri Hills.
In 2004, a writ petition was filed against the Company, its 29.5 percent owned…
Sterlite Industries (India) Limited still faces a number of writ petitions filed before the High Court of Madras by the National Trust for Clean Environment and certain private citizens in relation to the operations of its smelter at Tuticorin in…
CHS Inc., during the nine months ended May 31, 2009, settled with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and paid US$165,000 in civil penalties over an action concerning nitrogen oxides (NOx) at the Company’s refinery in Laurel, Mont.
The MDEQ…
CHS Inc. says that, as of May 31, 2009, the aggregate capital expenditures for the Company and National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA) related to environmental settlements were about US$36 million.
The Company anticipates spending an additional US$3 million before December 2011.
In…
Alcoa Inc. increased its environmental reserve by US$16 million in 2008 as a result of matters concerning its former smelter in Vancouver, Wash.
In 1987, the Company sold its Vancouver smelter to a company that is now known as Evergreen Aluminum.…
Petrobras Energia S.A. recorded ARS46 million as current expense allowance for environmental remediation in 2008, compared with ARS38 million in 2007.
The Company recorded ARS66 million as non-current expense allowance for environmental remediation in 2008, compared with ARS64 million in 2007.
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